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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities notes progress, remaining challenges in Serbia

Publishing date: 6 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Serbia from 28 to 31 January 2013 to meet key Serbian officials, including President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, and to follow up on several issues of his concern in eastern and southern Serbia...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania discusses rule of law, combatting organized crime with General Prosecutor

Publishing date: 6 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
On 6 February 2013, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, met with General Prosecutor Adriatik Llalla to discuss the fight against organized crime and corruption, and the pivotal role of the Prosecutor’s office in strengthening the rule of law...

OSCE Mission Head condemns grenade attack in northern Kosovo

Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
VIENNA, 5 February 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, today strongly condemned an incident in northern Mitrovica involving an assailant throwing a hand grenade at a house, injuring two children...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Turkish Government’s reform pledge, stresses need to better protect journalists

Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
ANKARA, 5 February 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, in a productive meeting today with Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergın, commended the government on easing pre-trial detention procedures and stressed the need for further improvements...

Head of OSCE Mission to BiH meets Chief Prosecutor, says regional co-operation crucial to prevent impunity for war crimes

Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 5 February 2013 – Fletcher M. Burton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met today with Goran Salihovic, the newly appointed BiH Chief Prosecutor, and expressed the OSCE’s continued commitment to support the work of the Prosecutor’s Office...

OSCE Presence in Albania brings international community together to discuss elections

Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 5 February 2013 – Representatives of the international community in Tirana met today under the auspices of the OSCE Presence in Albania to exchange information and co-ordinate positions in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 June...

OSCE helps to improve transparency of Armenian Central Electoral Commission

Publishing date: 5 February 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
An OSCE-supported project to allow web-streaming of sessions of the Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was publicly presented to the media and the international community in Yerevan on 5 February 2013...